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Conservation Resources 



DIRECTORY 



Model Eoom 



Alphabetically Arranged 

By CHAS. H. FISHER, 
June, 1874. 



MORSE'S ORIGINAL TELEGRAPH, 

Patented April 11, 1846, 

May be seen in Case, No. 26, South Hall, North end 
of top shelf. 

HOWE'S ORIGINAL SEWING MACHINE, 

Patented September 10, 1846, 

May be seen in Case No. 35, East Hall, West end 
of bottom shelf. 






WASHING-TON: 
Printed by Powell & Ginck, 

1874. 




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Entered according to act of Congress in the year 
1874, by C. H. Fisher, in the office of the Librarian 
of Congress at Washington. 



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IRECTORY. 



(The Halls, North, South, East and West, are designated by 
the letters N., S., E. and W.) 



Classes and Articles. 



Hall- 



No. of Cases. 



Acids, Manufacture of 

Aeration and Bottling 

Alarms, see Signals 

Apparel 

Armor Clad Vessel 

Artificial Limbs 

" Stone 

Baths and Closets 

Bedsteads 

Bee Hives 

Beer, Ale and Wine 

Bell Punches 

Belting 

Bleaching and Dyeing 

Boat Detaching Apparatus.. 
Boilers, Steam 

" Attachments 

" Domestic 

Bolts and Nuts, Manuf. of.... 

Bookbinding 

Boots and Shoes 

" " Machine for 

Making... 

Brakes and Gins 

Bridges .... 

Brooms 

Brushes 

Builders' Hardware 

Butchering Appliances 



E 
E 

S 

w 

N 

E 

1ST 
S 
S 
S 
S 
E 
E 
E 
E 

sr 

E 

S. 

s 

N 
W 

w 
w 

E 
W 



46 
63 

13, 14 

64 

1,2 

19 

55 

106 to 110 

87, 88 

47 

40 

29 

49 

62 

78 to 80 

81 to 85 

52, 53 

35 

117 

32 

31 to 34 

43 

43, 44 

22 

23 

5 to 10 

21, 22 



Classes and Articles. 



Hall. 



No. of Cases. 



Buttons 

Caoutchouc 

Carding 

Carpentry 

Carriages, Wagons & Truck 

Casting 

Chemical, Miscellaneous 

Clasps and Buckles 

Clay 

Clothes-Drvers 

Coffins 

Cordage 

Cow-Milkers 

Crinoline and Corsets 

Cutlery 

Dairy 

Dental 

Disinfecting Apparatus 

Drafting Instruments 

Dryers 

Dry Docks 

Dumb Waiters 

Educational 

Electrical Apparatus 

Elevators 

Excavators 

Fare. Boxes 

Fans, Automatic 

Feather Renovators..". 

Felting and Hats 

Fences 

Files 

Fine Arts 

Fire Arms 

Fire Escapes 

Fire Extinguishers 

Fishing 



S 

S 

E 

W 

W 

N 

S 

S 

S 

E 

S 

E 

N 

E 

S 

N 

S 

S 

S 

E 

W 

W 

E 

S 

w 
w 

E 
E 
W 
E 
W 
N 
E 
E 
W 
N 
E 



31 

5 

17, 18 

49 to 52 

6 to 12 

31 

37 

30 

12 to 15 

63 

1 

21, 22 

1 

13, 14 

4 

1, 2, 3, and 42 

1 

36 

21 

48, 49 

45 

16 

68 

25, 26, 27 

16 to 19 

46, 47 

56 

95 

22 

15, 16 

53 to 56 

38 

118, 119 

1, 2, 3, 4, and 125 

52 

56 

66 



Classes and Articles- 



Hall. 



27o. of Cases. 



Fish — Scaling', Splitting and 

Dressing 

Flying Machines 

Fuel 

Furniture 

Games and Toys 

Garden and Orchard 

Gas Manufacture 

14 Fittings 

Glass 

Glue 

Governors 

Grinding and Polishing 

Gun Powder 

Gymnastic Apparatus 

Harness 

Harness Makers' Tools 

Harrows 

Harvesters 

Hay Kakes and Hay Forks. 

Hens Nests 

Hoisting 

Horology 

Horse Power , 

Horse Shoes ..." 

Hoes and Rakes (Hand) 

Hose, Rubber, Leather, &c. 

" Modes of Making 

Household Furniture , 

Hydraulic 

Hydraulic Engineering 

Ice Boats , 

Ice Machines and Implements 

Incubators 

Iron Clad Vessels 

Jewelry 

Journals and Bearings 



E 

S 
E 
E 

1ST 

S 

E 

W 

S 
E 

N 
S 
E 

S 
S 
1ST 
N" 

N 
W 

s 

N" 
1ST 
1ST 
S 
S 
E 

W 
E 

S 
.N 
E 
E 

W 



79 

65 

48 

100 to 110 

55, 56, 123, 124 

26, 27, 68 

9, 10 

55 

14 

5 

72 

42 

37 

68 

29, 30, 31 

29, 30, 31, 32 

12 

13, 15 to 19, 26 

20, 21, 22 

21 

15, 16, 17, 18, 19 

20 

32, 33 

32 

13 

3 

3 

100 to 105 

50 to 65 

44, 45 

61 

41 

21 

64 

118 

34, 35 



Classes and Articles. 



Hall 



No. of Cases. 



Kitchen Utensils 

Kilns, Brick and Lime 

Knitting' Machines.. 

Ladders, Extension 

Lanterns 

Lamps and Attachments... 

Laundry 

Leather Working 

Locks and Latches 

Manures 

Masonry 

Measuring Instruments 

Mechanical Movements 

Metallurgy 

Metal Working 

Meters, Gas and Liquid .... 
Mills, Grain, Bark, Cane and 

Paint 

Mining and Tunneling , 

Music, Instruments and Ac 

cessories 

Needles and Pins 

" " Manuf. of.... 

Oils and Fats , 

Oil Cans 

Optics 

Ordnance 

Ore Crushers 

" Separators 

Oyster Dredging , 

Paint, Machines for Applying 

" Burners 

Paper Making 

" Manufacture 

Paving 

Pisciculture 

Photography 



E 
E 
E 
W 
E 
E 
E 

S 
E 

S 

w 

s 
w 

1ST 
1ST 

s 

N 
W 

E 
E 

N 
S 
S 

s 

E 

1ST 
N 
E 
S 
E 
E 
E 
W 
E 
E 



94 to 100 

5 

32, 33 

53 

53 

54 

85 to 97 

31 to 34, 39, 40 
6 and 126 

12 

48, 49 
18 to 22 
36 

29, 30 

32 to 41 
21,22 

70, 71, 72 

30, 31 

120, 121, 122 

13 

41 

5 

11 

25 

3 

69 

29 

m 

48 
44 

11, 12 
116 
48 

m 

119 



Classes and Articles. 



Picks, Spades and Shovels. . 

Plating 

Plows 

Pneumatics 

Preserving- Food 

44 Timber 

Presses, Hay, Cotton, &c... 

Printing and Stationery 

Projectiles for Odnance 

" 4fc Small Arms. 

Pumps, Hand 

" Steam 

" Air 

" Privy 

Kail ways, the "Way" 

u Cars and Fittings. 

Refrigerators 

Roofing , 

Safes, Burglar and Fire Proof 

Safes, Alarms for 

Salt and Soap Manufacture. 
Saws, Wood 

" Stone 

Seeders and Planters 

Sewing Machines 

Ships, Anchors 

u Construction 

" Propulsion 

" Steering 

" Rigging 

Signals 

Silk, Manufacture of 

Skinning Eels 

Smut Mills 

Snap Hooks 

Spinning 

Stationery 



Hall. 



N 
S 
N 

N 
S 
S 

w 

E 
E 
E 

N 
E 

S 

sr 

1ST 

s 
w 

E 

S 

s 

N 

w 

N 
E 
E 
E 
E 
E 
E 

S 
E 
E 
W 

S 
E 
E 



No. of Cases. 



15 

35 

3, 4, 5, 6, 7 

49, 64, 65, 6Q 

44 

36 

26, 27, 28 

110 to 114 

4 

2 

59, 60 

72 

58 

36 

45 to 50 

51 to 53 

42 

49, 50 

5 

25 

6 

75 

13 

8 to 13 

34, 35, 37, 38 

63 

62 

59, 60, 61 

5$ 

58 

15, 16, 17 

22 

97 

24 

30 

19, 20 

115 to 117 



Classes and Articles. 



Hall- 



No. of Cases. 



Steam Engines, Kotary.. 

" " Oscilating 

" " Reciprocating 

u " Locomotives... 

" " Traction 

" " Attachments 

Stills, Oils and Spirits , 

Stereoscopes , 

Stone Working 

Stoves and Furnaces 

Sugar, Manufacture , 

Surgery , 

Tanning , 

Telegraph Instruments , 

Tents and Knapsacks 

Thrashing Machines , 

Tobacco Machinery 

Toilet 

Toys 

Traps, Animal 

" Insect ., 

Trunks and Carpet Bags 

Mail Bags and Valises 

Umbrellas, Canes and Fans... 
Valves, Steam and Water- 
Veto, Metalic 

Votes, Instr't for Recording- 
Watchman's Time Registers. 

Water Wheels, • 

Weaving 

Wire Working 

Wood Working Machines and 

Tools 

Wooden Overcoats 

Wool Oiling Machines 

" Washing " 

Writing Apps. for the Blind.. 



E 

E 

E 

E 

W 

E 

S 

s 
w 

E 

s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
w 
w 

E 
E 
E 
E 

S 

s 

E 
E 

S 

s 
s 

1ST 
E 

1ST 
S 
E 
E 
E 



70 
71 
69 
71 
56 

72 to 77 
45, 46, 47 
36 

13, 14, 30, 31 
39 to 48 and 50 to 52 
7,8 
1,2,3 
38 
26 
28 

24, 25 
29 
13 

65, 66 
67 
97 
28 
28 
13 

74, 75, 76 
3 
19 
20 

61, 62 
23 to 30 
39 

75 to 86 

1 

17 

17 

68 



Catalogue of the Washington Relics in the 
U. S. Patent Office. 

Case 23, South Hall, contains : 

Pieces. 

Tents and Parts of Tents 9 

" Pins 29 

" Poles 11 

Chairs 2 

Lantern 1 

Small Case or Cabinet with Drawers 1 

Knife Cases 2 

Wasbstancl 1 

Bureau 1 

Table 1 

Washington's Commission 1 

Iron Treasure Chest 1 

Window Curtains 2 

Bed Curtains 1 

Blankets 1 

Andirons 2 

Bellows, (Hand) 1 

Stew Pans 4 

Camp Chest 1 

This Chest contains : 

Plates (Soft Metal 3 

Platters 3 

Gridiron 1 

Knives 2 

Forks 5 

Bottles, (containing Salt, Pepper, Spices, &c.)« 9 

Tin Cans 2 

Lamp 1 

Case 24, South Hall, contains : 

China presented to Martha Washington, by 

Gen. Lafayette. (1781) 4 

China presented to Gen. Washington, by the 

Officers of the Cincinnati 86 



10 

Pieces. 

Small brown Teapot 1 

Glass Finger Bowls 3 

" Chandeliers 2 

Mirrors, (Oval, gilt frame).... 1 

Curtain Ornaments 9 

Tea Board or Tray, (wooden) 1 

Silk Pants lined with flannel, Pairs I 

Yellow flannel Vest 

" " Pants, pairs* 1 

u « y egt * L 

Blue Cloth Coat* 1 

(The Coat is faced in front, on the Collar 

and Cutis with yellow flannel. There are 

47 brass buttonsj on the Coat, 5 brass 

buttons on the Pants, and 19 on the Vest.) 

Washington's Compass, cap for same, socket 

and joint for top of tripod, also wooden case 

for Compass 

Washington's letter book 1 

Sword, Scabbard and belt worn by Washing- 
ton during the revolutionary war 1 

Traveling Secretary 1 

Flower Vases 2 

Punch Bowls 1 

Pedigree of Washington 1 

Gold Headed Cane, willed to Washington, by 

Benj. Franklin 1 

Painted Copper Plate taken from President 
Washington's State Coach or Carriage. This 
Plate was deposited by John Varclen (not 

Dolly), Sept., 1855 

Tables 1 

Part of the smaller or sleeping tent of Gen. 

Washington 1 

*This Coat, Vest and Pants comprise the suit worn by Gen. 
Washington at the time he resigned his Commission at Anapolis 
in 1783. 



11 

Catalogue of Miscellaneous Relics in the 
U. S. Patent Office. 

Case 24 contains : 

Pieces. 

Patent granted to Thomas Passmore of Pa., 

"for a Conjurer for cooking and boiling 

water," dated December 23, 1796, and 

signed by George Washington, President 

of United States ... 

Sabres presented by Ali Pacha Bey, of Egypt, 
to Capt. Perrie and other officers of the 
U. S. Ship Concord, when at Alexandria in 

1832 13 

Gun belonging to Samuel Houston 1 

Blue Cloth Coat worn by Gen. Paez X 

War Saddle of Baron DeKalb.. 1 

Trumpet which belonged to the old Anacostia 

Engine Co., No. 3. Deposited in 1865.... 1 

Bayonets supposed to belong to Braddock's 

Army, 1755 2 

Cane belonging to James Powell of Tenn 1 

Flint-lock Pistols, with case and fixtures, sup- 
posed to have belonged to Gen. Jackson.. 2 
Pistol made by Salola, an uneducated fullblood 
Cherokee, of Qualla Town, N. Carolina, 

deposited by W. H. Thomas, in 1845 1 

Scimitar presented to Commodore Eliot, dur- 
ing his command in the Mediterranean 1 
Sword with Gold Hilt, studded with Diamonds 1 

This sword was presented to Commodore Biddle, U- 
S. Navy, by the Viceroy of Peru. 

Button found near the Natural Bridge, Va., in 1856, 
on the button is engraved, " Long live the President, 
G. W. " 

Picture of Col. W. A. Washington, dated 1810. 

Coat worn by Gen. Jackson at the battle of New 
Orleans, January 8, 1815. 



12 

First Union Flag raised in the South after the com- 
mencement of the Kebellion. 

Model of Steam Boat, showing method of lifting 
vessels over shoals, patented to Abraham Lincoln May 
22, 1849. 

Gloves presented to President Lincoln by Wm. Ba- 
ker of New York, also Mr. Baker's letter of presenta- 
tion. Dated "New York, April 14, 1865. 

Just to the right of the main entrance to the model 
room may be seen the Printing Press used by Benja- 
min Franklin when he was a journeyman printer. 
Deposited in the Patent OtiSce, Dec. 1842. „ n 

Original Declaration of Independence, -x^yi^^c 3 £ £7 



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■ Established 1855. 

f No. 731 Seventh St., 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



I am prepared to make to order with neatness and 
dispatch small machinery of all kinds, and particularly 
Models of Inventions to accompany applications for Let- 
ters Patent and when desired, will, from drawings and 
specifications of any application that may have been 
filed in the Patent Office, without a Model, estimate 
the cost of making a suitable Model to complete the ap- 
plication. 

I am also prepared to furnish at short notice, du- 
plicates certified under the seal of the Patent Office of 
patented or rejected Models for use in court in suits for 
infringement. GIVE ME A CALL. 



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MODEL-ROOM. 

Dimensions given in Feet. 


HALLS. 


Length. 


Width. 


No of 
Cases. 


No. of 
Class. 


North. 


267 
266 
269f 
272 


59f 
62| 
65| 
68| 


.88 

46 
130 

85 


46 
36 
45 
18 

145 


South 


East 


West 




Total .*. 


1074| 


251J 


349 




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eember, 1836, with which 
were destroyed. 


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